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Submission Summary: 0 pending, 9 declined, 5 accepted (14 total, 35.71% accepted)

Biotech

Submission + - FDA Approves new drug for Type 2 Diabetes

Neopallium writes: "The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved JANUVIA(TM) (sitagliptin phosphate), the first and only DPP-4 inhibitor available in the United States for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. JANUVIA belongs to a new breakthrough class of prescription medications called dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors that improves blood sugar control in patients with type 2 diabetes. JANUVIA enhances a natural body system called the incretin system, which helps to regulate glucose by affecting the beta cells and alpha cells in the pancreas."

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